Optical imaging lens and electronic device comprising the same

ABSTRACT

An optical imaging lens includes: a first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens element, the first lens element has an object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, the second lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, the third lens element has an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, the fourth lens has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, the fifth lens element has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the sixth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to Taiwan Application No. 103118174, filed on May 23, 2014, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety for all purposes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention generally relates to an optical imaging lens set and an electronic device which includes such optical imaging lens set. Specifically speaking, the present invention is directed to an optical imaging lens set of six lens elements and an electronic device which includes such optical imaging lens set.

2. Description of the Prior Art

In recent years, the popularity of mobile phones and digital cameras makes the sizes of various portable electronic products reduce quickly, and so does the size of the photography modules. The current trend of research is to develop an optical imaging lens set of a shorter length with uncompromised good quality. The most important characteristics of an optical imaging lens set are image quality and size.

U.S. Pat. No. 7,830,620 discloses an optical imaging lens set of six lens elements. However, in U.S. Pat. No. 7,830,620, the first lens element has negative refractive power, the second lens element has positive refractive power, and the aperture stop is disposed between the second lens element and the third lens element. This arrangement cannot achieve good optical performance. Besides, the size of the optical imaging lens set is too big to satisfy the specification requirements of consumer electronics products.

Therefore, how to reduce the total length of a photographic device, but still maintain good optical performance, is an important research objective.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In the light of the above, the present invention is capable of proposing an optical imaging lens set that is lightweight, and has a low production cost, reduced length, high resolution and high image quality. The optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention has an aperture stop, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis.

An optical imaging lens includes: a first, second, third, fourth, fifth lens element and sixth lens element, the first lens element has positive refractive power, having a convex object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis and with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, the second lens element has negative refractive power, having an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, the third lens element has an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, the fourth lens element has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, the fifth lens element has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and the sixth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, wherein the optical imaging lens set does not include any lens element with refractive power other than said first, second, third, fourth, fifth lens elements and sixth lens element.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, an air gap AG12 along the optical axis is disposed between the first lens element and the second lens element, an air gap AG23 along the optical axis is disposed between the second lens element and the third lens element, an air gap AG34 along the optical axis is disposed between the third lens element and the fourth lens element, an air gap AG45 along the optical axis is disposed between the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element, an air gap AG56 along the optical axis is disposed between the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element, and the sum of total five air gaps between adjacent lens elements from the first lens element to the sixth lens element along the optical axis is AAG, AAG=AG12+AG23+AG34+AG45+AG56.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the first lens element has a first lens element thickness T1 along the optical axis, the second lens element has a second lens element thickness T2 along the optical axis, the third lens element has a third lens element thickness T3 along the optical axis, the fourth lens element has a fourth lens element thickness T4 along the optical axis, the fifth lens element has a fifth lens element thickness T5 along the optical axis, the sixth lens element has a sixth lens element thickness T6 along the optical axis, and the total thickness of all the lens elements in the optical imaging lens set along the optical axis is ALT, ALT=T1+T2+T3+T4+T5+T6.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 2.1≦T5/AG34 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship AG23/AG12≦4.0 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 13≦ALT/AG34 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 4.4≦ALT/T5 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 4.0≦T6/AG12 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship T5/T2≦2.6 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship T1/AG12≦5.0 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 1.0≦T6/T5 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 1.4≦AG23/AG34 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 0.7≦T2/AG45 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 1.9≦T4/AG34 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship ALT/T6≦4.6 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship T5/AG45≦2.0 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 1.1≦T2/AG34 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship AAG/T4≦3.5 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship AAG/T6≦2.0 is satisfied.

In the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention, the relationship 1.1≦T6/T1 is satisfied.

The present invention also proposes an electronic device which includes the optical imaging lens set as described above. The electronic device includes a case and an image module disposed in the case. The image module includes an optical imaging lens set as described above, a barrel for the installation of the optical imaging lens set, a module housing unit for the installation of the barrel, a substrate for the installation of the module housing unit, and an image sensor disposed on the substrate and at an image side of the optical imaging lens set.

These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a first example of the optical imaging lens set of the present invention.

FIG. 2A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane of the first example.

FIG. 2B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction of the first example.

FIG. 2C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction of the first example.

FIG. 2D illustrates the distortion aberration of the first example.

FIG. 3 illustrates a second example of the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 4A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane of the second example.

FIG. 4B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction of the second example.

FIG. 4C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction of the second example.

FIG. 4D illustrates the distortion aberration of the second example.

FIG. 5 illustrates a third example of the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 6A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane of the third example.

FIG. 6B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction of the third example.

FIG. 6C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction of the third example.

FIG. 6D illustrates the distortion aberration of the third example.

FIG. 7 illustrates a fourth example of the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 8A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane of the fourth example.

FIG. 8B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction of the fourth example.

FIG. 8C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction of the fourth example.

FIG. 8D illustrates the distortion aberration of the fourth example.

FIG. 9 illustrates a fifth example of the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 10A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane of the fifth example.

FIG. 10B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction of the fifth example.

FIG. 10C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction of the fifth example.

FIG. 10D illustrates the distortion aberration of the fifth example.

FIG. 11 illustrates a sixth example of the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 12A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane of the sixth example.

FIG. 12B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction of the sixth example.

FIG. 12C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction of the sixth example.

FIG. 12D illustrates the distortion aberration of the sixth example.

FIG. 13 illustrates a seventh example of the optical imaging lens set of six lens elements of the present invention.

FIG. 14A illustrates the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane of the seventh example.

FIG. 14B illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction of the seventh example.

FIG. 14C illustrates the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction of the seventh example.

FIG. 14D illustrates the distortion aberration of the seventh example.

FIG. 15 illustrates exemplificative shapes of the optical imaging lens element of the present invention.

FIG. 16 illustrates a first preferred example of the portable electronic device with an optical imaging lens set of the present invention.

FIG. 17 illustrates a second preferred example of the portable electronic device with an optical imaging lens set of the present invention.

FIG. 18 shows the optical data of the first example of the optical imaging lens set.

FIG. 19 shows the aspheric surface data of the first example.

FIG. 20 shows the optical data of the second example of the optical imaging lens set.

FIG. 21 shows the aspheric surface data of the second example.

FIG. 22 shows the optical data of the third example of the optical imaging lens set.

FIG. 23 shows the aspheric surface data of the third example.

FIG. 24 shows the optical data of the fourth example of the optical imaging lens set.

FIG. 25 shows the aspheric surface data of the fourth example.

FIG. 26 shows the optical data of the fifth example of the optical imaging lens set.

FIG. 27 shows the aspheric surface data of the fifth example.

FIG. 28 shows the optical data of the sixth example of the optical imaging lens set.

FIG. 29 shows the aspheric surface data of the sixth example.

FIG. 30 shows the optical data of the seventh example of the optical imaging lens set.

FIG. 31 shows the aspheric surface data of the seventh example.

FIG. 32 shows some important ratios in the examples.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Before the detailed description of the present invention, the first thing to be noticed is that in the present invention, similar (not necessarily identical) elements are labeled as the same numeral references. In the entire present specification, “a certain lens element has negative/positive refractive power” refers to the part in a vicinity of the optical axis of the lens element has negative/positive refractive power. “An object-side/image-side surface of a certain lens element has a concave/convex part” refers to the part is more concave/convex in a direction parallel with the optical axis to be compared with an outer region next to the region. Taking FIG. 15 for example, the optical axis is “I” and the lens element is symmetrical with respect to the optical axis I. The object side of the lens element has a convex part in the region A, a concave part in the region B, and a convex part in the region C because region A is more convex in a direction parallel with the optical axis than an outer region (region B) next to region A, region B is more concave than region C and region C is similarly more convex than region E. “A circular periphery of a certain lens element” refers to a circular periphery region of a surface on the lens element for light to pass through, that is, region C in the drawing. In the drawing, imaging light includes Lc (chief ray) and Lm (marginal ray). “A vicinity of the optical axis” refers to an optical axis region of a surface on the lens element for light to pass through, that is, the region A in FIG. 15. In addition, the lens element may include an extension part E for the lens element to be installed in an optical imaging lens set. Ideally speaking, no light would pass through the extension part, and the actual structure and shape of the extension part is not limited to this and may have other variations. For the reason of simplicity, the extension part is not illustrated in FIGS. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13.

As shown in FIG. 1, the optical imaging lens set 1 of six lens elements of the present invention, sequentially located from an object side 2 (where an object is located) to an image side 3 along an optical axis 4, has an aperture stop 80, a first lens element 10, a second lens element 20, a third lens element 30, a fourth lens element 40, a fifth lens element 50, a sixth lens element 60, a filter 72 and an image plane 71. Generally speaking, the first lens element 10, the second lens element 20, the third lens element 30, the fifth lens element 50 and the sixth lens element 60 may be made of a transparent plastic material and each has an appropriate refractive power. There are exclusively six lens elements with refractive power in the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. The optical axis 4 is the optical axis of the entire optical imaging lens set 1, and the optical axis of each of the lens elements coincides with the optical axis of the optical imaging lens set 1.

Furthermore, the optical imaging lens set 1 includes an aperture stop (ape. stop) 80 disposed in an appropriate position. In FIG. 1, the aperture stop 80 is disposed between the object side 2 and the first lens element 10. When light emitted or reflected by an object (not shown) which is located at the object side 2 enters the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention, it forms a clear and sharp image on the image plane 71 at the image side 3 after passing through the aperture stop 80, the first lens element 10, the second lens element 20, the third lens element 30, the fourth lens element 40, the fifth lens element 50, the sixth lens element 60 and the filter 72.

In the embodiments of the present invention, the optional filter 72 may be a filter of various suitable functions, for example, the filter 72 may be an infrared cut filter (IR cut filter), placed between the sixth lens element 60 and the image plane 71. The filter 72 is made of glass, without affecting the focal length of the optical lens element system, namely the optical imaging lens set, of the present invention.

Each lens element in the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention has an object-side surface facing toward the object side 2 as well as an image-side surface facing toward the image side 3. In addition, each object-side surface and image-side surface in the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention has a part in a vicinity of its circular periphery (circular periphery part) away from the optical axis 4 as well as a part in a vicinity of the optical axis (optical axis part) close to the optical axis 4. For example, the first lens element 10 has a first object-side surface 11 and a first image-side surface 12; the second lens element 20 has a second object-side surface 21 and a second image-side surface 22; the third lens element 30 has a third object-side surface 31 and a third image-side surface 32; the fourth lens element 40 has a fourth object-side surface 41 and a fourth image-side surface 42; the fifth lens element 50 has a fifth object-side surface 51 and a fifth image-side surface 52; and the sixth lens element 60 has a sixth object-side surface 61 and a sixth image-side surface 62.

Each lens element in the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention further has a central thickness on the optical axis 4. For example, the first lens element 10 has a first lens element thickness T1, the second lens element 20 has a second lens element thickness T2, the third lens element 30 has a third lens element thickness T3, the fourth lens element 40 has a fourth lens element thickness T4, the fifth lens element 50 has a fifth lens element thickness T5, and the sixth lens element 60 has a sixth lens element thickness T6. Therefore, the total thickness of all the lens elements in the optical imaging lens set 1 along the optical axis 4 is ALT=T1+T2+T3+T4+T5+T6.

In addition, between two adjacent lens elements in the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention there is an air gap along the optical axis 4. For example, an air gap AG12 is disposed between the first lens element 10 and the second lens element 20, an air gap AG23 is disposed between the second lens element 20 and the third lens element 30, an air gap AG34 is disposed between the third lens element 30 and the fourth lens element 40, an air gap AG45 is disposed between the fourth lens element 40 and the fifth lens element 50, and an air gap AG56 is disposed between the fifth lens element 50 and the sixth lens element 60. Therefore, the sum of total five air gaps between adjacent lens elements from the first lens element 10 to the sixth lens element 60 along the optical axis 4 is AAG, AAG=AG12+AG23+AG34+AG45+AG56.

First Example

Please refer to FIG. 1 which illustrates the first example of the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 2A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 71 of the first example; please refer to FIG. 2B for the astigmatic field aberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 2C for the astigmatic field aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer to FIG. 2D for the distortion aberration. The Y axis of the spherical aberration in each example is “field of view” for 1.0. The Y axis of the astigmatic field and the distortion in each example stand for “image height”. The image height is 3.085 mm.

The optical imaging lens set 1 of the first example has six lens elements 10 to 60; all of the lens elements are made of a plastic material and have refractive power. The optical imaging lens set 1 also has an aperture stop 80, a filter 72, and an image plane 71. The aperture stop 80 is provided between the object side 2 and the first lens element 10. The filter 72 may be used for preventing specific wavelength light (such as the Infrared light) reaching the image plane to adversely affect the imaging quality.

The first lens element 10 has positive refractive power. The first object-side surface 11 facing toward the object side 2 is a convex surface, having a convex part 13 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 14 in a vicinity of its circular periphery; The first image-side surface 12 facing toward the image side 3 is a convex surface, having a convex part 16 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 17 in a vicinity of its circular periphery.

The second lens element 20 has negative refractive power. The second object-side surface 21 facing toward the object side 2 is a convex surface, having a convex part 23 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 24 in a vicinity of its circular periphery; The second image-side surface 22 facing toward the image side 3 is a concave surface, having a concave part 26 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 27 in a vicinity of its circular periphery.

The third lens element 30 has positive refractive power. The third object-side surface 31 facing toward the object side 2 has a convex part 33 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 34 in a vicinity of its circular periphery; The third image-side surface 32 facing toward the image side 3 is a convex surface, having a convex part 36 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 37 in a vicinity of its circular periphery.

The fourth lens element 40 has positive refractive power. The fourth object-side surface 41 facing toward the object side 2 has a convex part 43 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 44 in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the fourth image-side surface 42 facing toward the image side 3 has a concave part 46 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 47 in a vicinity of its circular periphery

The fifth lens element 50 has positive refractive power. The fifth object-side surface 51 facing toward the object side 2 is a concave surface, having a concave part 53 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 54 in a vicinity of its circular periphery; The fifth image-side surface 52 facing toward the image side 3 is a convex surface, having a convex part 56 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 57 in a vicinity of its circular periphery.

The sixth lens element 60 has negative refractive power. The sixth object-side surface 61 facing toward the object side 2 has a convex part 63 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 64 in a vicinity of its circular periphery; The sixth image-side surface 62 facing toward the image side 3 has a concave part 66 in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 67 in a vicinity of its circular periphery. The filter 72 may be disposed between the sixth lens element 60 and the image plane 71.

In the optical imaging lens element 1 of the present invention, the object-side surfaces 11/21/31/41/51/61 and image-side surfaces 12/22/32/42/52/62 are all aspherical. These aspheric coefficients are defined according to the following formula:

${Z(Y)} = {{\frac{Y^{2}}{R}/\left( {1 + \sqrt{1 - {\left( {1 + K} \right)\frac{Y^{2}}{R^{2}}}}} \right)} + {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n}\;{a_{2i} \times Y^{2i}}}}$

In which:

R represents the curvature radius of the lens element surface;

Z represents the depth of an aspherical surface (the perpendicular distance between the point of the aspherical surface at a distance Y from the optical axis and the tangent plane of the vertex on the optical axis of the aspherical surface);

Y represents a vertical distance from a point on the aspherical surface to the optical axis;

K is a conic constant;

a_(2i) is the aspheric coefficient of the 2i order.

The optical data of the first example of the optical imaging lens set 1 are shown in FIG. 18 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG. 19. In the present examples of the optical imaging lens set, the f-number of the entire optical lens element system is Fno, HFOV stands for the half field of view which is half of the field of view of the entire optical lens element system, and the unit for the curvature radius, the thickness and the focal length is in millimeters (mm). The length of the optical imaging lens set (the distance from the first object-side surface 11 of the first lens element 10 to the image plane 71) is 5.264 mm. The image height is 3.085 mm, HFOV is 36.01 degrees. Some important ratios of the first example are as follows:

AG34=5.317

AG23/AG12=2.628

T5/T2=2.341

T2/AG45=0.791

T2/AG34=2.271

ALT/AG34=25.143

ALT/T5=4.729

T6/AG12=4.684

T1/AG12=3.774

T6/T5=1.157

AG23/AG34=3.452

T4/AG34=3.051

ALT/T6=4.087

T5/AG45=1.851

AAG/T4=3.436

AAG/T6 1.704

T6/T1=1.241

Second Example

Please refer to FIG. 3 which illustrates the second example of the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. It is noted that from the second example to the following examples, in order to simplify the figures, only the components different from what the first example has and the basic lens elements will be labeled in figures. Others components that are the same as what the first example has, such as the object-side surface, the image-side surface, the part in a vicinity of the optical axis and the part in a vicinity of its circular periphery will be omitted in the following example. Please refer to FIG. 4A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 71 of the second example; please refer to FIG. 4B for the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 4C for the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer to FIG. 4D for the distortion aberration. The components in the second example are similar to those in the first example, but the optical data such as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness, the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length in this example are different from the optical data in the first example, and in this example, the first image-side surface 12 of the first lens element 10 has a concave part 16A in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 17A in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the fourth image-side surface 42 of the fourth lens element 40 has a convex part 46A in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 47A in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the sixth object-side surface 61 of the sixth lens element 60 has a concave part 63A in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 64A in a vicinity of its circular periphery. The optical data of the second example of the optical imaging lens set are shown in FIG. 20 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG. 21. The length of the optical imaging lens set is 5.134 mm. The image height is 3.085 mm, HFOV is 36.79 degrees. Some important ratios of the second example are as follows:

T5/AG34=3.075

AG23/AG12=2.786

T5/T2=1.893

T2/AG45=0.701

T2/AG34=1.625

ALT/AG34=18.827

ALT/T5=6.122

T6/AG12=5.327

T1/AG12=4.099

T6/T5=1.431

AG23/AG34=2.302

T4/AG34=3.592

ALT/T6=4.278

T5/AG45=1.327

AAG/T4=2.330

AAG/T6 1.902

T6/T1=1.300

Third Example

Please refer to FIG. 5 which illustrates the third example of the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 6A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 71 of the third example; please refer to FIG. 6B for the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 6C for the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer to FIG. 6D for the distortion aberration. The components in the third example are similar to those in the first example, but the optical data such as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness, the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length in this example are different from the optical data in the first example, and in this example, the first image-side surface 12 of the first lens element 10 has a concave part 16B in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 17B in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the fourth image-side surface 42 of the fourth lens element 40 has a convex part 46B in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 47B in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the sixth object-side surface 61 of the sixth lens element 60 has a concave part 63B in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 64B in a vicinity of its circular periphery. The optical data of the third example of the optical imaging lens set are shown in FIG. 22 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG. 23. The length of the optical imaging lens set is 5.011 mm. The image height is 3.085 mm, HFOV is 37.68 degrees. Some important ratios of the third example are as follows:

T5/AG34=3.209

AG23/AG12=3.690

T5/T2=1.997

T2/AG45=0.760

T2/AG34=1.607

ALT/AG34=18.584

ALT/T5=5.791

T6/AG12=6.750

T1/AG12=4.980

T6/T5=1.356

AG23/AG34=2.379

T4/AG34=3.165

ALT/T6=4.271

T5/AG45=1.518

AAG/T4=2.544

AAG/T6 1.851

T6/T1=1.355

Fourth Example

Please refer to FIG. 7 which illustrates the fourth example of the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 8A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 71 of the fourth example; please refer to FIG. 8B for the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 8C for the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer to FIG. 8D for the distortion aberration. The components in the fourth example are similar to those in the first example, but the optical data such as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness, the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length in this example are different from the optical data in the first example, and in this example, the third image-side surface 32 of the third lens element 30 has a concave part 36C in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 37C in a vicinity of its circular periphery. The optical data of the fourth example of the optical imaging lens set are shown in FIG. 24 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG. 25. The length of the optical imaging lens set is 5.188 mm. The image height is 3.085 mm, HFOV is 36.60 degrees. Some important ratios of the fourth example are as follows:

T5/AG34=6.658

AG23/AG12=2.415

T5/T2=2.558

T2/AG45=0.744

T2/AG34=2.603

ALT/AG34=29.729

ALT/T5=4.465

T6/AG12=4.629

T1/AG12=3.612

T6/T5=1.059

AG23/AG34=3.678

T4/AG34=3.771

ALT/T6=4.216

T5/AG45=1.902

AAG/T4=3.283

AAG/T6 1.756

T6/T1=1.282

Fifth Example

Please refer to FIG. 9 which illustrates the fifth example of the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 10A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 71 of the fifth example; please refer to FIG. 10B for the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 10C for the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer to FIG. 10D for the distortion aberration. The components in the fifth example are similar to those in the first example, but the optical data such as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness, the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length in this example are different from the optical data in the first example, and in this example, the first image-side surface 12 of the first lens element 10 has a concave part 16D in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 17D in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the fourth object-side surface 41 of the fourth lens element 40 has a concave part 43D in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 44D in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the fourth image-side surface 42 of the fourth lens element 40 has a convex part 46D in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 47D in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the sixth object-side surface 61 of the sixth lens element 60 has a concave part 63D in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 64D in a vicinity of its circular periphery. The optical data of the fifth example of the optical imaging lens set are shown in FIG. 26 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG. 27. The length of the optical imaging lens set is 5.153 mm. The image height is 3.085 mm, HFOV is 36.77 degrees. Some important ratios of the fifth example are as follows:

T5/AG34=3.646

AG23/AG12=2.700

T5/T2=2.175

T2/AG45=0.900

T2/AG34=1.676

ALT/AG34=19.728

ALT/T5=5.411

T6/AG12=5.121

T1/AG12=4.057

T6/T5=1.245

AG23/AG34=2.394

T4/AG34=3.285

ALT/T6=4.345

T5/AG45=1.957

AAG/T4=2.461

AAG/T6 1.781

T6/T1=1.262

Sixth Example

Please refer to FIG. 11 which illustrates the sixth example of the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 12A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 71 of the sixth example; please refer to FIG. 12B for the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 12C for the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer to FIG. 12D for the distortion aberration. The components in the sixth example are similar to those in the first example, but the optical data such as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness, the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length in this example are different from the optical data in the first example, and in this example, the first image-side surface 12 of the first lens element 10 has a concave part 16E in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 17E in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the third image-side surface 32 of the third lens element 30 has a concave part 36E in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 37E in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the fourth object-side surface 41 of the fourth lens element 40 has a concave part 43E in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 44E in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the fourth image-side surface 42 of the fourth lens element 40 has a convex part 46E in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 47E in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the sixth object-side surface 61 of the sixth lens element 60 has a concave part 63E in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 64E in a vicinity of its circular periphery. The optical data of the sixth example of the optical imaging lens set are shown in FIG. 28 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG. 29. The length of the optical imaging lens set is 5.111 mm. The image height is 3.085 mm, HFOV is 37.13 degrees. Some important ratios of the sixth example are as follows:

T5/AG34=4.592

AG23/AG12=1.916

T5/T2=2.024

T2/AG45=0.872

T2/AG34=2.269

ALT/AG34=27.663

ALT/T5=6.024

T6/AG12=4.167

T1/AG12=3.067

T6/T5=1.338

AG23/AG34=2.826

T4/AG34=5.696

ALT/T6=4.501

T5/AG45=1.765

AAG/T4=1.818

AAG/T6 1.685

T6/T1=1.359

Seventh Example

Please refer to FIG. 13 which illustrates the seventh example of the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 14A for the longitudinal spherical aberration on the image plane 71 of the seventh example; please refer to FIG. 14B for the astigmatic aberration on the sagittal direction; please refer to FIG. 14C for the astigmatic aberration on the tangential direction, and please refer to FIG. 14D for the distortion aberration. The components in the seventh example are similar to those in the first example, but the optical data such as the curvature radius, the refractive power, the lens thickness, the lens focal length, the aspheric surface or the back focal length in this example are different from the optical data in the first example, and in this example, the first image-side surface 12 of the first lens element 10 has a concave part 16F in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 17F in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the third image-side surface 32 of the third lens element 30 has a concave part 36F in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 37F in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the fourth object-side surface 41 of the fourth lens element 40 has a concave part 43F in the vicinity of the optical axis and a concave part 44F in a vicinity of its circular periphery; the fourth image-side surface 42 of the fourth lens element 40 has a convex part 46F in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part 47F in a vicinity of its circular periphery. The optical data of the seventh example of the optical imaging lens set are shown in FIG. 30 while the aspheric surface data are shown in FIG. 31. The length of the optical imaging lens set is 5.352 mm. The image height is 3.085 mm, HFOV is 36.01 degrees. Some important ratios of the seventh example are as follows:

T5/AG34=2.400

AG23/AG12=3.048

T5/T2=2.147

T2/AG45=0.903

T2/AG34=1.118

ALT/AG34=13.050

ALT/T5=5.438

T6/AG12=6.919

T1/AG12=4.950

T6/T5=1.456

AG23/AG34=1.539

T4/AG34=1.910

ALT/T6=3.735

T5/AG45=1.939

AAG/T4=2.563

AAG/T6 1.401

T6/T1=1.398

Some important ratios in each example are shown in FIG. 32. In the light of the above examples, the inventors observe the following features:

1. Take the first embodiment as an example, in FIG. 2A, the curves of different wavelength are very close to each other, which means all of the off-axis light is focused on the vicinity of the imaging point, and the deviation between each off-axis light and the imaging point is ±0.03 mm, so the spherical aberration has been improved significantly. Besides, since the different curves are close to each other, the imaging positions of different wavelengths are close to each other too, improving chromatic aberration.

2. As shown in FIG. 2B and FIG. 2C, the focus in the whole view region of three different wavelengths is between ±0.03 mm, which means the optical imaging lens set of the first embodiment can eliminate the aberrations effectively. Furthermore, the distance between the curves is very small, meaning that the dispersion on the axis has greatly improved too. Please refer to FIG. 2D. The distortion aberration of the first embodiment is maintained in the range of ±2.0%, which means it has achieved the quality requirements of the imaging optical system, compared to conventional optical imaging lens sets; the total length of the present invention has been shrunk to about 5.5 mm, and overcomes chromatic aberration and provides better image quality. In summary, the first embodiment of the present invention has shorter length and larger HFOV, but still maintains good optical performance.

3. The first lens element has positive refractive power, to provide the needed refractive power for the optical imaging lens set. The second lens element has negative refractive power, to correct aberration; in addition. Besides, the first object-side surface of the first lens element has a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part in a vicinity of its circular periphery, the second image-side surface of the second lens element has a concave part in a vicinity of its circular periphery, the third image-side surface of the third lens element has a convex part in a vicinity of its circular periphery, the fourth object-side surface of the fourth lens element has a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the fifth object-side surface of the fifth lens element has a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and the sixth image-side surface of the sixth lens element has a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis and a convex part in a vicinity of its circular periphery, where each of the surfaces matches each other, in order to improve the aberration and to enlarge the field of view. In addition, the aperture is disposed on the object-side of the first lens element, further decreasing the total length and improving the image quality.

In addition, the inventors discover that there are some better ratio ranges for different data according to the above various important ratios. Better ratio ranges help the designers to design the better optical performance and an effectively reduced length of a practically possible optical imaging lens set. For example:

(1) T5/AG34≧2.1:

T5 is the thickness of the fifth lens element 50 along the optical axis 4. AG34 is an air gap between said third lens element and said fourth lens element along the optical axis. Decreasing those parameters mentioned above can help for shrinking the total length of the optical imaging lens set, but considering the difficulties of during the manufacturing process, T5 cannot be shrunk effectively, but AG34 can be shrunk compared with T5. Therefore, T5/AG34 should preferably be large. Preferably, T5/AG34 should be larger than or equal to 2.1, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 2.1˜8.0.

(2) T2/AG45≧0.7, T2/AG34≧1.1, ALT/AG34≧13.0, T4/AG34≧1.9, AAG/T4≦3.5, T6/AG12≧4.0, AAG/T6≦2.0:

T2, T4 and T6 are the thickness of the second lens element, the fourth lens element and the sixth lens element along said optical axis respectively, ALT is the total thickness of all the lens elements in the optical imaging lens set along the optical axis, as mentioned above, those parameters are limited by the difficulties of during the manufacturing process, but AG12, AG34, AG56 and AAG can be shrunk effectively. Therefore T2/AG45, T2/AG34, ALT/AG34, T4/AG34, T6/AG12 should preferably be large, but AAG/T4, AAG/T6 should preferably be small. Preferably, T2/AG45 should be larger than or equal to 0.7, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 0.7˜1.2; T2/AG34 should be larger than or equal to 1.1, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.1˜3.0; ALT/AG34 should be larger than or equal to 13.0, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 13˜35; T4/AG34 should be larger than or equal to 1.9, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.9˜7.0; AAG/T4 should be smaller than or equal to 3.5, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.5˜3.5; T6/AG12 should be larger than or equal to 4.0, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 4.0˜8.0; AAG/T6 should be smaller than or equal to 2.0, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.2˜2.0.

(3) T5/T2≦2.6, ALT/T5≧4.4, T6/T5≧1.0, ALT/T6≦4.6, T6/T1≧1.1:

T1, T2, T5 and T6 are the thickness of the first lens element, the second lens element, the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element along said optical axis respectively, ALT is the total thickness of all the lens elements in the optical imaging lens set along the optical axis. Those parameters should be maintained within a suitable value range. Otherwise, the total length cannot be thinned if one lens element has too big central thickness, or it's difficult to manufacture the optical imaging lens set if one lens element has too small central thickness. Preferably, T5/T2 should be smaller than or equal to 2.6, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.5˜2.6; ALT/T5 should be larger than or equal to 4.4, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 4.4˜7.0; T6/T5 should be larger than or equal to 1.0, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.0˜2.0; ALT/T6 should be smaller than or equal to 4.6, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 3.0˜4.6; T6/T1 should be larger than or equal to 1.1, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.1˜1.6.

(4) AG23/AG12≦4.0, AG23/AG34≧1.4:

AG12 is an air gap between said first lens element and said second lens element along the optical axis. AG23 is an air gap between said second lens element and said third lens element along the optical axis, AG34 is an air gap between said third lens element and said fourth lens element along the optical axis. Those parameters should be maintained within a suitable value range. Otherwise, the total length cannot be thinned if one lens element has too big air gaps between two adjacent lens elements. Preferably, AG23/AG12 should be smaller than or equal to 4.0, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.5˜4.0; AG23/AG34 should be larger than or equal to 1.4, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.4˜4.0

(5) T1/AG12≦5.0, T5/AG45≦2.0:

Those relationships are suggested to be satisfied. Otherwise, the total length cannot be thinned if one lens element has too big central thickness. Preferably, T1/AG12 should be smaller than or equal to 5.0, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 2.5˜5.0; T5/AG45 should be smaller than or equal to 2.0, ideally, it is suggested that the range may be 1.0˜2.0.

The optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention may be applied to an electronic device, such as mobile phones or driving recorders. Please refer to FIG. 16. FIG. 16 illustrates a first preferred example of the optical imaging lens set 1 of the present invention for use in a portable electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 includes a case 110, and an image module 120 mounted in the case 110. A mobile phone is illustrated in FIG. 16 as an example, but the electronic device 100 is not limited to a mobile phone.

As shown in FIG. 16, the image module 120 includes the optical imaging lens set 1 as described above. FIG. 20 illustrates the aforementioned first example of the optical imaging lens set 1. In addition, the portable electronic device 100 also contains a barrel 130 for the installation of the optical imaging lens set 1, a module housing unit 140 for the installation of the barrel 130, a substrate 172 for the installation of the module housing unit 140 and an image sensor 70 disposed at the substrate 172, and at the image side 3 of the optical imaging lens set 1. The image sensor 70 in the optical imaging lens set 1 may be an electronic photosensitive element, such as a charge coupled device or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor element. The image plane 71 forms at the image sensor 70.

The image sensor 70 used here is a product of chip on board (COB) package rather than a product of the conventional chip scale package (CSP) so it is directly attached to the substrate 172, and protective glass is not needed in front of the image sensor 70 in the optical imaging lens set 1, but the present invention is not limited to this.

To be noticed in particular, the optional filter 72 may be omitted in other examples although the optional filter 72 is present in this example. The case 110, the barrel 130, and/or the module housing unit 140 may be a single element or consist of a plurality of elements, but the present invention is not limited to this.

Each one of the six lens elements 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 with refractive power is installed in the barrel 130 with air gaps disposed between two adjacent lens elements in an exemplary way. The module housing unit 140 has a lens element housing 141, and an image sensor housing 146 installed between the lens element housing 141 and the image sensor 70. However in other examples, the image sensor housing 146 is optional. The barrel 130 is installed coaxially along with the lens element housing 141 along the axis I-I′, and the barrel 130 is provided inside of the lens element housing 141.

Please also refer to FIG. 17 for another application of the aforementioned optical imaging lens set 1 in a portable electronic device 200 in the second preferred example. The main differences between the portable electronic device 200 in the second preferred example and the portable electronic device 100 in the first preferred example are: the lens element housing 141 has a first seat element 142, a second seat element 143, a coil 144 and a magnetic component 145. The first seat element 142 is for the installation of the barrel 130, exteriorly attached to the barrel 130 and disposed along the axis I-I′. The second seat element 143 is disposed along the axis I-I′ and surrounds the exterior of the first seat element 142. The coil 144 is provided between the outside of the first seat element 142 and the inside of the second seat element 143. The magnetic component 145 is disposed between the outside of the coil 144 and the inside of the second seat element 143.

The first seat element 142 may pull the barrel 130 and the optical imaging lens set 1 which is disposed inside of the barrel 130 to move along the axis I-I′, namely the optical axis 4 in FIG. 1. The image sensor housing 146 is attached to the second seat element 143. The filter 72, such as an infrared filter, is installed at the image sensor housing 146. Other details of the portable electronic device 200 in the second preferred example are similar to those of the portable electronic device 100 in the first preferred example so they are not elaborated again.

Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims. 

What is claimed is:
 1. An optical imaging lens set, from an object side toward an image side in order along an optical axis comprising: an aperture stop, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element, said first to sixth lens elements having an object-side surface facing toward the object side as well as an image-side surface facing toward the image side, wherein: the first lens element has positive refractive power, having a convex object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of the optical axis and with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery; the second lens element has negative refractive power, having an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery; the third lens element has positive refractive power, having an image-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery; the fourth lens element has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery; the fifth lens element has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis; and the sixth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery; the optical imaging lens set does not include any lens element with refractive power other than said first lens element, second lens element, third lens element, fourth lens element, fifth lens element and sixth lens element, in addition, a thickness T5 of said fifth lens element along said optical axis, an air gap AG34 between said third lens element and said fourth lens element along said optical axis, and an air gap AG45 between said fourth lens elements and said fifth lens element along said optical axis satisfy relationships 2.1≦T5/AG34 and T5/AG45≦2.0.
 2. The optical imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein an air gap AG23 between said second lens elements and said third lens element along said optical axis, and an air gap AG12 between said first lens elements and said second lens element along said optical axis satisfy a relationship AG23/AG12≦4.0.
 3. The optical imaging lens set of claim 2, wherein a total thickness ALT of said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element, said fourth lens element, said fifth lens element and said sixth lens element along said optical axis satisfies a relationship 13≦ALT/AG34.
 4. The optical imaging lens set of claim 3, further satisfying a relationship 4.4≦ALT/T5.
 5. The optical imaging lens set of claim 3, wherein a thickness T6 of said sixth lens element along said optical axis satisfies a relationship 4.0≦T6/AG12.
 6. The optical imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein a thickness T2 of said second lens element along said optical axis satisfies a relationship T5/T2≦2.6.
 7. The optical imaging lens set of claim 6, wherein a thickness T1 of said first lens element along said optical axis, and an air gap AG12 between said first lens elements and said second lens element along said optical axis satisfy a relationship T1/AG12≦5.0.
 8. The optical imaging lens set of claim 7, wherein a thickness T6 of said sixth lens element along said optical axis satisfies a relationship 1.0≦T6/T5.
 9. The optical imaging lens set of claim 7, wherein an air gap AG23 between said second lens elements and said third lens element along said optical axis satisfies a relationship 1.4≦AG23/AG34.
 10. The optical imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein a thickness T2 of said second lens element along said optical axis satisfies a relationship 0.7≦T2/AG45.
 11. The optical imaging lens set of claim 10, wherein a thickness T4 of said fourth lens element along said optical axis satisfies a relationship 1.9≦T4/AG34.
 12. The optical imaging lens set of claim 11, wherein a total thickness ALT of said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element, said fourth lens element, said fifth lens element and said sixth lens element along said optical axis, and a thickness T6 of said sixth lens element along said optical axis satisfy a relationship ALT/T6≦4.6.
 13. The optical imaging lens set of claim 1, wherein a thickness T2 of said second lens element along said optical axis satisfies a relationship 1.1≦T2/AG34.
 14. The optical imaging lens set of claim 13, wherein the sum of all five air gaps AAG between each lens element from said first lens element to said sixth lens element along the optical axis, and a thickness T4 of said fourth lens element along said optical axis satisfy a relationship AAG/T4≦3.5.
 15. The optical imaging lens set of claim 14, wherein a thickness T6 of said sixth lens element along said optical axis satisfies a relationship AAG/T6≦2.0.
 16. The optical imaging lens set of claim 14, wherein a thickness T6 of said sixth lens element along said optical axis, and a thickness T1 of said first lens element along said optical axis satisfy a relationship 1.1≦T6/T1.
 17. An electronic device, comprising: a case; and an image module disposed in said case and comprising: an optical imaging lens set of claim 1; a barrel for the installation of said optical imaging lens set; a module housing unit for the installation of said barrel; a substrate for the installation of said module housing unit; and an image sensor disposed on the substrate and disposed at an image side of said optical imaging lens set. 